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Trump Orders U.S. Companies to Look for Alternatives to China

Trump Orders U.S. Companies to Look for Alternatives to China

President Donald said Friday that American companies are “hereby ordered” to start looking for alternatives to China.
Trump was responding to news overnight that China was hiking tariffs on U.S. goods. The Chinese move caught the White House by surprise, according to a person familiar with the matter. As late as Thursday evening, U.S. officials were talking up the potential for expected September talks between the U.S. and China to make progress.

Our Country has lost, stupidly, Trillions of Dollars with China over many years. They have stolen our Intellectual Property at a rate of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year, & they want to continue. I won’t let that happen! We don’t need China and, frankly, would be far….

….your companies HOME and making your products in the USA. I will be responding to China’s Tariffs this afternoon. This is a GREAT opportunity for the United States. Also, I am ordering all carriers, including Fed Ex, Amazon, UPS and the Post Office, to SEARCH FOR & REFUSE,….

Trump is meeting with U.S. trade officials in the White House Friday morning, including U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and trade advisor Peter Navarro.

Trump also struck a decidedly different tone about Chinese leader Xi Jinping, whom he normally describes in respectful and friendly terms. In a tweet, he asked “who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chiarman Xi?”

As usual, the Fed did NOTHING! It is incredible that they can “speak” without knowing or asking what I am doing, which will be announced shortly. We have a very strong dollar and a very weak Fed. I will work “brilliantly” with both, and the U.S. will do great…

Trump also said China had not lived up to promises to stop fentanyl shipments to the U.S. As a result, he said he was ordering FedEx, Amazon, UPS , and the U.S. Post Office search for and destroy any fentanyl in shipments from China.

The legal basis for Trump’s orders was not immediately clear. Trump said he would make an official announcement about trade with China Friday afternoon. The “order” may be a warning to U.S. companies that tariffs are going much higher, making manufacturing in China for U.S. markets prohibitively expensive.

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paulette barrow

August 24, 2019 at 1:19 am

I TOTALLY BELIEVE OBAMA IS BEHIND THE SCENES UNDERMINING TRUMP WITH CHINA AND IRAN,I BELIEVE HES TELLING THEM TO HOLD ON THAT THE PLAN IS TO GET RID OF TRUMP,LIKE WHEN HE TOLD RUSSIA HE WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY AFTER HE WAS REELECTED,HMMMMM.. WHO WAS COLLUDING WITH RUSSIA?? AND NOW CHINA AND IRAN